This Web page contains information about our rulemaking efforts on VAWA. For more information about our negotiated rulemaking efforts in 2012-2014, including related Federal Register notices and transcripts from our public hearings, please see our general information page. For more information about negotiated rulemaking in general, please see our question and answer page.

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

On June 20, 2014, the Department published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register to implement the changes made to the Clery Act by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.

Outreach Activities

In advance of the first negotiation session, the Department held three conference calls with institutional administrators, campus public safety officials, and advocacy groups in order to learn more about their concerns regarding the implementation of the changes that the VAWA made to the Clery Act. Generally, we reached out to individuals and groups that: provided comments and testimony during our public comment period and public hearings in spring 2013; submitted nominations for or were nominated to serve as negotiators on the committee; we have worked with in the past on regulations implementing the Clery Act; and were recommended by our interagency colleagues from the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Health and Human Services. These calls were not part of the formal negotiated rulemaking sessions, but instead provided an informal opportunity for the Department to listen to stakeholders’ concerns and to learn more about the issues involved.

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